The way we used to live

[Fwiffo]

Netflix getting out of discs by mail. Is Redbox still around? I remember that used to be a thing.

 

[Dropbear]

Netflix getting out of discs by mail. Is Redbox still around? I remember that used to be a thing.

I didn’t know they were still renting DVDs!

We could’ve been streaming on Blockbuster now …

https://www.inc.com/minda-zetlin/netflix-blockbuster-meeting-marc-randolph-reed-hastings-john-antioco.html

 

[Dropbear]

1970 Miss Australia contender. The audience look so

bored.

 

[Fwiffo]

I didn’t know they were still renting DVDs! We couldn’t been streaming on Blockbuster now …

https://www.inc.com/minda-zetlin/netflix-blockbuster-meeting-marc-randolph-reed-hastings-john-antioco.html

I'm sure they would have killed the business model by somehow imposing penalties and other restrictive measures that was part and parcel of that corporate culture.

 

[Dropbear]

When mum bought your shoos…

 

[Dropbear]

Cairo, 1964:

 

[Fwiffo]

Cairo, 1964:

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Tehran before and after

 

[Sammy Ambrose]

London, Wembly Stadium 1923

 

[Sammy Ambrose]

Tehran before and after

Women will defeat them. Nobody tells women what to do.

 

[Fwiffo]

Back when getting into a club for bottle service and or on the VIP guest list meant you needed BBM

Doors Open at 22.00
For VIP Guest List | Bottle Service | Book A Limo | Call/Text (416) 262-0897 Or BBM: 21DEF6FC
THIS IS LONDON AND RED SQUARE – 364 Richmond Street West.

 

[Dropbear]

 

[Fwiffo]

McDonald's. 1975. In my hometown.

I could go to it today and take a photograph to compare provided I am not mugged or stabbed by homeless people.

 

[belinmad]

I could go to it today and take a photograph to compare provided I am not mugged or stabbed by homeless people.

I'd much rather be stabbed by a home owner, of course. no mortgage, if possible.

 

[Dropbear]

 

[The Shooman]

 

[The Shooman]

Dropbear I think you will like this one. Every bit of it is true.

 

[Dropbear]

 

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[Dropbear]

Not a cell phone in sight, just people living their best lives in simpler times.

 

[Dropbear]

The burn from belting up after the car was parked at the beach all day!

 

[Dropbear]

Melbourne trams used to double as submarines.

 

[Dropbear]

The cast of Homicide.

 

[Dropbear]

fxh behind the school dunnies, 1978.

 

[Dropbear]

 

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[Dropbear]

People were so much happier in the old days, when life was simpler:

fxh back in his days as a chick magnet - with that alluring hint of navel showing - selling cut price durries at Carribean Gardens markets in Melbourne - 1977:

 

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[Fwiffo]

People were so much happier in the old days, when life was simpler:

They don't look happy. Unless it's hidden behind that stoic reserve.

 

[Dropbear]

TV and a set of encyclopaedias - a wealth of information before the ‘information age’:

 

[Dropbear]

 

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[fxh]

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Melbourne trams used to double as submarines.

Looks like it Sydney Harbour

 

[Fwiffo]

a set of encyclopaedia

Those sales people made life insurance and used car sales people look respectable.

 

[Dropbear]

people used to dress better in porn, back in the day …